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G. A. WHITE.

3 HEEL LIFT AND TAP. No. 283,048. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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.3 means of which the skeleton tap or heel-piece UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. WHITE, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL L!FT.AND TAa.

' SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters-Patent No. 283,048, dated August 14, 1883.

Application filed January 15, 1883. (No model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WHITE, a

- citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and use? ful Improvements in Cutting Heel Lifts and Taps; and I do hereby declare that the same are fully described in the following specification and illustratedin the accompanying draw- 1ngs.

This invention relates to improvements in cutting and making heel lifts and taps, as well as rands and welts for boots and shoes; and it has for its object the utilization of comparatively small pieces of leather for making heellifts andwhat are termed slip-taps, in such a manner as to produce a continuous and unbroken exterior edge, without any unsightly seams, which are so common in ordinary pieced heels and slip-taps for boots and shoes.

In carrying out my invention I use a die,

which will be subject-matter for a separate application for Letters Patent, and with the said die I cut out a piece of leather longer and narrower than the shape it is afterward tobe formed into and used, such piece of leather having a narrow exterior strip combined with inw vardly-projecting tongues or projections,

and in such a manner that the said tongues or projections serve to drive the nails througln by is united to the solid soleor heel-layer, so as not to interfere with or obstruct the usual parts for sewing or pegging the sole or heel, rand or welt. By the projections or tongues, as de-. scribed, less labor and material are required to fill the middle portion of the skeleton sole or heel, as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompa-nying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 represents a plan view of 'my improved slipitap after being cut out by its die,

and before being formed or molded Fig. 2 lrepresents a plan view of the same as formed and attached to a solid sole. Fig. 3 represents an edge View of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. represents a plan View of my improved heel after being cut, and before being formed and molded. Fig.

5 represents a plan view of the heel after being formed and nailed to a layer of solid heel piece. Fig. 6 represents an edge view of Fig.

5. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 represent modifications of my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wher ever they occur onthe different parts of the drawings.

I11 carrying out my invention I use a die,

and by means of it I cut out a narrow strip of leather, A, with. a cutaway portion, A, in its are made to interlock each other from oppo- 7 site sides, so as to utilize the greatest amount of stock and to leave no waste material. The

projections or tongues A may be of various forms, as shown in Figs.. 1, 4, 7, 8, and 9,

without departing. .from the spirit of my invention.

A in Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 6, represents the solid-leather sole or heel-piece, to which I attach my improved skeleton sole, rand, welt,

.or heel by means of nails 1) 'b, driven through the projections A A, as shown,'so asto be out of the way, and not to interfere with the usual pegging or sewing necessary to secure the sole and upper and heel to the boot or shoe.

After the skeleton tap or heel is cut out, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, 7, 8, and '9, it is spread out and moved endwise, so that its bottom edges, a and a, come in a line, or nearly so,

asrepresented in Figs. 2 and 5, such bottom edges, a a, being originally died'out, one a little longer than the other, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, 7, 8, and 9. By so spreading out the skeleton tap or heel and moving its legs'endwise, I am able to procure with ease the desired outer shape of the finished sole or heel,

as shown. The upper convex portion, at, having the cut-away portion A, enables it to be readily formed, expanded, and moved to the desired shape of the curvature at thetoe of the finished sole or rear curvature of the heel, as repre. sented, respectively, in- Figs. 2 and 5.

After the skeleton tapgor heel-blank is cut outlby means of a proper die for the purpose,

as described, it is soaked in water and molded by means of proper molds to the required form of the heel, welt, sole, or rand, and after being i 2 Y esaois allowed to dry and set to its shape it is ready blank with interlocking projections, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, 7, 8, and 9, I utilize the greatest amount of the stock; but such projections may be made short enough so as to project by each other more or less or not to project by each other without departing from the essence of my invention, the main feature of the invention being the unbroken continuous outer edge 20 and suitable nailing projections on the inner side, for the purpose set forth.

Having thus fully set forth the nature, construction, and operation of my invention, I

wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim 25 7 As an improved article of manufacture, a skeleton tap or heel-lift, as described, having an exterior continuous edge and internal tongues or projections, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. WHITE.

\Vitnesses:

ALBAN AND I JN, HENRY OHADBOURN. 

